CDC Investigating Cases of Heart Inflammation After COVID-19 Vaccination
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has begun an investigation into reports of myocarditis (heart inflammation) in people between 16 and 45 years of age after receiving either the genetically engineered experimental messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 biologics for COVID-19 developed by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious […]
Israel Studying Possible Link Between Heart Inflammation and Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Shot
The Israeli Health Ministry is evaluating cases of heart inflammation in people in Israel who have received Pfizer/BioNTech’s experimental messenger RNA (mRNA) BNT162b2 vaccine for COVID-19. In a preliminary study, led by Dror Mevorach, MD head of one of the COVID-19 units at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem, 62 cases of myocarditis—inflammation of the […]
Herpes Zoster May Be a Risk of COVID-19 Vaccination for Immunocompromised
An observational study conducted in Israel has revealed a potential risk for herpes zoster activation following vaccination
Pfizer Poised to Dominate U.S. Market for COVID-19 Biologics
Last week was a bad one for COVID-19 biologics produced by Moderna, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson, Inc. (J&J). News reports began filtering out about new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which were published on Apr. 5, 2021 in the journal JAMA and revealed that people who receive Moderna’s […]
Physical Therapist Dies Two Days After Getting COVID-19 Shot in Indiana
A healthy 28-year-old woman in Indiana died unexpectedly at her home on Jan. 21, 2021 two days after receiving an experimental mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) biologic for COVID-19. The deceased, Haley Link Brinkmeyer, PhD worked as a physical therapist at the North River Health Campus senior living community in Evansville.1 2 3 “My 28 year […]
Woman Dies Minutes After Getting COVID-19 Vaccine at Cal Poly Pomona
A 78-year-old woman died on Feb. 12, 2021 after receiving the first dose of Pfizer/BioNTech’s experimental messenger RNA (mRNA) BNT162b2 vaccine for COVID-19 in California. The woman, whose name has not been released to the public, was given the injection at around 12:00 pm at a COVID-19 vaccination site at California State Polytechnic (Cal Poly) […]